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'''Kyriopascha''' is the rare concurrence of the [[Great Feast]] of the [[Annunciation]] ([[March 25]]) with [[Pascha]]. It is an especially festive event, including complex [[rubrics]] for its liturgical celebration.
On Kyriopascha, the [[polyeleos]] normally appointed for the Annunciation is omitted, the [[canon]] of Annunciation is sung together with the Paschal canon during [[Orthros]], and the Gospel of the Annunciation is read after the sixth ode of the canon. On the remaining days of [[Bright Week]] the usual Paschal services for these days are performed in combination with the service for the Annunciation: the [[litia]] and [[artoklasia]] at [[Vespers]], and the [[polyeleos]], [[megalynarion]], and Gospel reading at Orthros.
Because of the difference between the astronomical vernal equinox and the theoretical vernal equinox calculated by the [[Julian Calendar]]—the latter of which is used by both the [[Julian Calendar]] and the [[Revised Julian Calendar]] to [[Paschalion|calculate Pascha]]—Kyriopascha never occurs on the Revised Julian Calendar, while it can occur on the Julian. It can also occur on the [[Gregorian Calendar]], however, which uses the astronomical vernal equinox to calculate the date of Pascha. As such, Kyriopascha can be celebrated by the Old Calendar churches and those New Calendar churches which use the Gregorian Calendar (i.e., [[Church of Finland|Finland]] and [[Church of Estonia|Estonia]]), though it will not occur in the same year.
